Mock Newbery 2026 discussion

"During the selection meetings, the committee discusses all nominated and suggested books before beginning balloting. Each committee member votes for three books, with four points assigned to first choice, three points to second choice, and two points to third choice."

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We will narrow our current list down to 6 books for our final voting.

Please list in order your three choices for the Newbery award.

Your first pick will be awarded 4 points.
Your second choice will be awarded 3 points.
Your final selection will be awarded 2 points.

Points will not be given to any books mentioned past the third selection and only books from our voting list will be eligible.

The 2022 Mock Newbery voting list:

Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood by Gary Paulsen

Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz

The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland

Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo

Pony by R.J. Palacio

Willodeen by Katherine Applegate

Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin


This thread will close on January 16th. Thank you

1. The Beatryce Prophecy
2. The Genius Under the Table
3. Gone to the Woods

1. Starfish
2. Ophie's Ghosts
3. Red White and Whole

1. The Beatrycy Prophecy
2. Pony
3. Starfish

1 Amber and Clay
2 Just Like That
3 Last Cuentista

1. Amari and the Night Brothers
2. Beatrice Prophecy

1. A Place to Hang the Moon
2. Red, White, and Whole
3. Pony

1. Amber and Clay
2. Red, White, and Whole
3. Ophie's Ghosts

1. JUST LIKE THAT
2. STARFISH
3. A PLACE TO HANG THE MOON

1) The Shape of Thunder (Warga)
2) Starfish (Fipps)
3) The Genius Under the Table (Yelchin)

1. A Place to Hang the Moon
2. Starfish
3. Beatryce Prophecy

1. Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga
2. Sophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland
3. Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen

A Place to Hang the Moon
Starfish
Ted White & Whole

1. Starfish
2. Red, White, and Whole
3. The Shape of Thunder

1 -- Shape of Thunder
2 -- Beatryce Prophecy
3 -- Amber and Clay

1 Pony
2 Beatryce
3 Red, White, and Whole

Thanks for allthe great reads this year!

1. Beatryce Prophecy
2. Red, White and Whole
3. A Place to Hang the Moon

1. The Beatryce Prophecy
2. The Shape of Thunder
3. Starfish

1. Red, white and whole
2. Genius under the table
3. Gone to the woods

1. The Beatryce Prophecy
2. Pony
3. Just Like That

1. Pony
2. Starfish
3. Willodeen

1. A Place to Hang the Moon

2. Gone to the Woods

3. Willodeen

Willodeen
Sophie’s Ghost
Amari

1. Starfish 2. Red White and Hole 3. Pony

1. Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
2. Starfish by Lisa Fipps
3. Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz

1. Gone to the woods
2. The shape of thunder
3. Starfish

1. The Last Cuentista
2. Amari and the Night Brothers
3. Ophie's Ghosts

1. Shape of Thunder

2. Starfish

3. Amari and the Night Brothers

2. Starfish

1. Red, White, and Whole
2. Shape of Thunder
3. Beatryce Prophecy

1. Starfish
2. Beatryce Prophacy
3. Willodeen

I liked many others, but these are the top three I think kids will really like and check out (not that the committee ever takes that into account)

1. The Beatryce Prophecy
2. The Last Cuentista
3. Gone to the Woods

1 - Red, White, and Whole
2 - The Beatryce Prophecy
3 - The Last Cuentista

1. Shape of Thunder
2. Starfish
3. Amari and the Night brothers

Red White and Whole
Night Brothers
Starfish

1. The Beatryce Prophecy
2. Starfish
3. The Shape of Thunder

1. Starfish
2. Gone to the Woods

The Beatryce Prophecy
Starfish
Amari and the Night Brothers

My number one is Starfish- I’m doing this on my phone app and it looks like 1 is blank? I know I typed it.

1. Red, White and Whole
2. Ophie's Ghost
3. Amari and the Night Brothers

1. Amber & Clay
2. Starfish
3. Red, White and Whole

Starfish was my number 2

1. Starfish
2. Shape of Thunder
3. Red White and Whole

1. Amber and Clay
2. The Shape of Thunder
3. Red, White, and Whole

1. Pony
2. Red, White and Whole
3. Starfish

1. Genius Under the Table
2. Starfish
3. Pony

1. The Beatryce Prophecy
2. Gone to the Woods
3. Starfish
4. Red, White and Whole
5. Ophie's Ghost
6. Shape of Thunder

1. Just Like That
2. The Shape of Thunder
3. Ophie's Ghosts

1. Genius Under the Table
2. Beatryce Prophecy
3. Red, White and Whole

1. A Place to Hang the Moon
2. Just like That
3. The Genius under the Table